Shrikes are fierce predators, and this one was looking for a meal. Precisely halfway between Albuquerque and Bosque del Apache is the state reserve at Ladd S. Gordon’s Bernardo Unit, where cranes and geese are now visiting more than at Bosque.
Shrikes are fierce predators, and this one was looking for a meal. Precisely halfway between Albuquerque and Bosque del Apache is the state reserve at Ladd S. Gordon’s Bernardo Unit, where cranes and geese are now visiting more than at Bosque.
Shrikes are fierce predators, and this one was looking for a meal. Precisely halfway between Albuquerque and Bosque del Apache is the state reserve at Ladd S. Gordon’s Bernardo Unit, where cranes and geese are now visiting more than at Bosque.
Shrikes are fierce predators, and this one was looking for a meal. Precisely halfway between Albuquerque and Bosque del Apache is the state reserve at Ladd S. Gordon’s Bernardo Unit, where cranes and geese are now visiting more than at Bosque.
Shrikes are fierce predators, and this one was looking for a meal. Precisely halfway between Albuquerque and Bosque del Apache is the state reserve at Ladd S. Gordon’s Bernardo Unit, where cranes and geese are now visiting more than at Bosque.
Shrikes are fierce predators, and this one was looking for a meal. Precisely halfway between Albuquerque and Bosque del Apache is the state reserve at Ladd S. Gordon’s Bernardo Unit, where cranes and geese are now visiting more than at Bosque.
Shrikes are fierce predators, and this one was looking for a meal. Precisely halfway between Albuquerque and Bosque del Apache is the state reserve at Ladd S. Gordon’s Bernardo Unit, where cranes and geese are now visiting more than at Bosque.
Shrikes are fierce predators, and this one was looking for a meal. Precisely halfway between Albuquerque and Bosque del Apache is the state reserve at Ladd S. Gordon’s Bernardo Unit, where cranes and geese are now visiting more than at Bosque.

Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)

Loggerhead Shrike

(Lanius ludovicianus)

Description:

Shrikes are fierce predators, and this one was looking for a meal. Precisely halfway between Albuquerque and Bosque del Apache is the state reserve at Ladd S. Gordon’s Bernardo Unit, where cranes and geese are now visiting more than at Bosque.

Date Taken: 2020:12:19 12:21

Location:

Bernardo
Bosque, New Mexico
United States
4643.04 ft above sea level

Camera Information:

NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000

File Name: LoggerheadShrike_D5X9978-Bernardo_Unit

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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